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Disney's purchase of LucasFilms: Let the healing begin

George Lucas, director of "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," poses at Skywalker Ranch in San Rafael, Calif. (Credit: ERIC RISBERG AP)

Following Disney's announcement that it had purchased LucasFilms, and subsequent news that George Lucas would put all that cash he made toward education, now seems like the perfect time to forgive the Modesto, CA native for all his wrong doings since 1983. Lucas gave us arguably the best trilogy ever (pre-Lord of the Rings anyway) with the groundbreaking Episodes IV-VI, but he clearly stumbled in...